Re: [PATCH 1/2] usbip: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Dec 06 2017 - 04:11:38 EST


>> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Please include the problem

Do you find the wording âWARNING: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' messageâ
from the script âcheckpatch.plâ more reasonable?


> and log from Coccinelle software

There is no log file from which I could extract something for this case.


> in any future patches for the issues detected by Coccinelle.

Would you like to help a bit to make the commit message better for your needs?


>> @@ -466,7 +465,6 @@ static void stub_recv_cmd_submit(struct stub_device *sdev,
>> priv->urb->setup_packet = kmemdup(&pdu->u.cmd_submit.setup, 8,
>> GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!priv->urb->setup_packet) {
>> - dev_err(&udev->dev, "allocate setup_packet\n");
>
> If Coccinelle found this as an extra message,
> there is something wrong with the Coccinelle script.

The source code analysis approach could be improved somehow.


> This is not an extra message.

There can be different opinions around the handling of such exceptional situations.


> This message is for the second kmemdup() failure and is necessary.

This function is called only once within the implementation of
the function âstub_recv_cmd_submitâ (and in this source file).

Do you find a default Linux allocation failure report insufficient?

Regards,
Markus